How much do clinical informatics specialists make in 2026?
Clinical informatics specialists are counted in the BLS health information technologists and medical registrars series: OEWS May 2025 gives the SOC 29-9021 national median as $68,020 a year ($32.70 an hour), with the bottom 10% near $39,830 and the top 10% at $117,420. That series is broad — it pools registrars and health-information roles with informatics work — and the resulting spread is genuinely wide because the title covers very different jobs. At the lower end sit report writers and application support analysts; in the middle, clinicians who moved into electronic health record configuration and workflow design; at the upper end, certified build analysts in major electronic record platforms, whose skills are in demand from consultancies as well as hospitals. That platform certification is the single clearest pay lever in the field, and it is usually granted through an employer rather than purchased independently. Employment is projected to grow 14.7% through 2034 with roughly 3,200 openings a year. → Full clinical informatics specialist career guide, career path, credentials & placement →
Note: $68,020 blends every experience level and every setting in this occupation. For pay by level alone, see Pay by Level below.
- Clinical Informatics Specialists earn a national median $68,020/yr ($32.70/hr) (BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 29-9021); the P10 to P90 range is $39,830 to $117,420.
- SOC 29-9021 is a broad series pooling registrars and health-information roles with informatics, which is why the $39,830 to $117,420 spread is so wide for one occupation.
- Electronic health record platform certification — usually sponsored by an employer — is the clearest pay lever, and it is what separates build analysts from support roles.
- Clinicians who move into informatics trade shift differentials for weekday salaried work, so the comparison should be against actual annual earnings rather than base pay.
US Clinical Informatics Specialist Pay Distribution · BLS OEWS May 2025
Pay by Level · BLS OEWS May 2025
How much do clinical informatics specialists earn at each level?
BLS OEWS publishes one blended wage for the whole occupation and does not break pay out by credential or practice level. The levels below distribute the published percentile range across the credential tiers this role actually hires at.
Level medians are aligned to the BLS OEWS May 2025 percentile distribution for SOC 29-9021; GlobalCybers does not yet publish a verified placement sample for this role, so no verified median is shown.
Methodology & Sources
How the numbers on this page are built
Published (BLS): BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 29-9021, United States national estimate. Public, methodologically rigorous, but sampled on a rolling 3-year basis and published ~10 months after collection — so it reflects wages that are already 1–2 years old by the time you read them.
Level and certification medians: distributed across the published BLS percentile range for this SOC code (P10 through P90) according to the credential tiers this occupation actually hires at. They are modeled reference points, not separately surveyed wages.
State and metro figures: modeled — the BLS national median multiplied by the GlobalCybers state wage index, and for metros by the published metro index for that state. They are estimates of local pay, not BLS state or metropolitan-area observations, and are labelled as modeled in the tables below.
No verified placement sample:GlobalCybers does not yet publish a placement median for this role, so no "verified" figure appears anywhere on this page.
Pay by Career Level
How much does a clinical informatics specialist earn at each career stage?
Informatics pay follows platform certification, build responsibility and clinical credibility. Each median is anchored to the BLS OEWS distribution for SOC 29-9021, a broad series covering several health-information roles.
By State
Which states pay clinical informatics specialists the most in 2026?
These are modeled state estimates — the BLS national median for the health information series scaled by the GlobalCybers state wage index — not BLS state observations. Informatics is unusually location-flexible: build and optimisation work is frequently remote and consultancy demand is national, so certified analysts in low-wage states often earn well above the local index. What varies locally is which platforms dominate, since certification is platform-specific and not transferable between vendors.
6 of 51 state guides shown, ranked by median. Bar is relative to California ($78,220), the highest-paying state shown. See all role salary guides →
By Metro
Which cities pay clinical informatics specialists the most?
Modeled metro estimates: the national median for the health information series scaled by the state wage index and then by that state's published metro index. They estimate local wage levels and are not BLS metropolitan-area observations.
BLS OEWS MSA estimates, May 2025. Nominal pay — weigh each metro against its cost of living before relocating.
Certification Impact
Which certifications raise a clinical informatics specialist’s pay the most?
Median annual pay before and after each credential, based on GlobalCybers placement data cross-referenced with BLS. License upgrades move the needle most; stackable certs add on top.
Impacts are not additive, the licensing rows share the same career ladder. Browse all 167 certifications →
Trade Comparison
How does clinical informatics specialist pay compare to related roles?
BLS OEWS national median across the closest trades. Clinical Informatics Specialists sit mid-pack on median but carry one of the widest P10–P90 spreads, licensing and specialization drive the upside.
BLS OEWS May 2025. Verify clinical informatics specialist wages on BLS.gov →
Take-Home Pay
What does a clinical informatics specialist actually take home after taxes?
The medians above are gross base wage.
Estimates use 2026 federal brackets, standard deduction, and 7.65% FICA. Actual take-home varies with filing status, deductions, and local tax.
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